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By Erich Pratt, Gun Owners of America – May 29, 2026
We at Gun Owners of America have been hard at work fighting for your rights this week.
From helping Ken Paxton defeat the anti-gun John Cornyn in the Texas Senate race, to introducing the first-ever Hughes Amendment repeal and legislation removing taxes on machineguns, to winning our lawsuit against the city of Winchester, Virginia — GOA has been busy.
GOA-endorsed Senate candidate Ken Paxton won his runoff election against RINO John Cornyn. Sen. Cornyn famously worked against gun owners to pass the 2022 Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. This law has opened the door to some of the worst gun control abuses in recent history.
Two major pieces of GOA-backed legislation relating to machineguns were introduced to Congress: the “Firearm Freedom Act” by Rep. Patronis, and the “Freedom From Taxes Act of 2026” by Rep. Boebert.
And finally, GOA, GOF (Gun Owners Foundation) and VCDL (Virginia won our lawsuit against the city of Winchester, Virginia. This lawsuit victory is just one of roughly 30 lawsuits that GOA is fighting across the country.
GOA-endorsed Ken Paxton defeated RINO John Cornyn in Texas Senate runoff election.
Cornyn, the four-term incumbent senior Senator from Texas famously worked to help pass the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act of 2022, the largest package of gun control in 30 years.
Ken Paxton on the other hand is a truly No Compromise gun rights supporter. He recently spoke at GOA’s 2025 GOALS and worked with us to halt Biden’s “Engaged in the Business” ATF rule and is a part of our Big Beautiful Lawsuit against the National Firearms Act’s registration requirements.
Paxton now proceeds to the general election in November, where he’s up against James Talarico, a radical left-wing gun control advocate.
Meanwhile in Louisiana, another RINO who voted for the anti-gun Bipartisan Safer Communities Act — Senator Bill Cassidy — lost his primary as well.
This is a major blow to the gun control movement, who promised these Senators in 2022 that they wouldn’t see any retaliation at the polls.
That was wrong. Gun owners remember.
Those who work to undermine the Second Amendment, take note. If you vote against the right to keep and bear arms, gun owners will vote you out of office.
